NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. /Florida Newswire/ — Redevelopment Management Associates (www.rma.us.com) announced that their award-winning redevelopment strategies for North Miami Beach have spurred land sales of over $200 million, with an estimated $500 million in new construction now underway or approved. The firm was hired to reinvent the city to compete with other thriving municipalities.…
Manatee County Commissioner Charles Smith recently completed an 18 month course to become a redevelopment professional by the not-for-profit Florida Redevelopment Association, the county advised on Thursday. The training course is designed to enhance knowledge of urban redevelopment issues, which Smith says will help him become a better commissioner. He represents District Two, which covers…
After 13 years, it has become apparent to city leaders that an extra layer of building regulations hasn’t been the right fertilizer to make the Garden District grow. Despite its charms — a quick walk to Hollis Garden, Barnett Family Park and the Frances Langford Promenade — the roughly 70-acre Garden District has failed to…
The city has officially deemed a piece of prime but environmentally contaminated property near downtown a brownfield. The designation for the property was necessary so the city can seek state economic incentives for a developer or property owner to clean up the site and build there. During a meeting Tuesday night, the Dade City Commission…
Less than two years after the Polk County Community Health Assessment listed obesity and weight issues among the major health challenges facing Polk County residents, the state Department of Health is recognizing four cities and the county for their healthy-weight programs. Lakeland, Winter Haven, Mulberry and Bartow, as well as Polk County, were among 98…
West Palm Beach West Palm Beach will have a new foodie district this year, The Warehouse District, located southwest of the Palm Beach County Convention Center near downtown. It comprises eight vintage-style buildings and a New York–inspired food hall, Grange Hall Market. Miami Miami Worldcenter has broken ground and will become the hub of downtown,…
Las Olas Boulevard is in the midst of a retail renaissance. The Las Olas Co., owner of the Riverside Hotel and a major landlord along downtown Fort Lauderdale’s signature street, says it’s planning to boost Las Olas’ profile by filling a handful of vacancies and a new building with a mix of well-established restaurants and…
The Broward County Commission took the initial step to redevelop the sea of surface parking that surrounds the BB&T Center, the county-owned sports and entertainment arena in Sunrise. The county commission approved a redevelopment plan produced by the not-for-profit Urban Land Institute. The commissioners also decided to hire two city employees, including a director of…
Tamarind Avenue, one of the city’s seediest byways is undergoing a makeover. The city commission is scheduled to vote Monday on the second phase of a project to make the street safer for pedestrians and bicyclists and better looking. The project, just north of downtown, will stretch from Banyan Boulevard to Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard…
Nothing is final yet, but if everything breaks right, John Moran believes there could be a new transit service running throughout downtown by next month. The city is negotiating with The Gotcha Group, a Charleston, S.C.-based transportation company, to operate a fleet of downtown circulator vehicles. Moran, the operations manager of the Downtown Improvement District,…
A new half-mile stretch of Seacrest Boulevard between Northeast Second Avenue and George Bush Boulevard is radiantly bright with bike lanes, safer for pedestrians with new sidewalks, and smoother for motorists thanks to a $1.3 million beautification project. “Data suggests even if people aren’t riding in the bike lanes vehicle traffic slowed down. The green…
Neighbors of Currie Park got their first look at an innovative conceptual plan for the waterfront expanse Tuesday, a place of glistening Intracoastal views surrounded by vacant lots where major residential towers would rise. Jon Ward, executive director of the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, rolled out a plan of possibilities drawn up by MIT architect…
Clearing the Way for Progress Demolition to Begin on Former Shelter and Renaissance Community Center Properties Next week, the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) will begin clearing the way for progress on the 400 block of West Tennessee Street near the intersection of North Macomb Street. Starting on Monday, Feb. 20, crews will begin work on…
Brevard County commissioners plan to put community redevelopment agencies and the rules that govern them under the microscope at a workshop in April. Commissioners on Tuesday night discussed CRAs for about 40 minutes, and voted unanimously to schedule the workshop for an even more intense discussion of CRAs, starting at 1 p.m. April 13. CRAs have…
Developers for two major redevelopment proposals will seek final approval for their projects before the Miami Historic and Environmental Preservation Board on Feb. 7. One partnership aims to build a hotel redevelopment in MiMo with neighborhood pioneer Avra Jain and another applicant wants convert a building near the Design District to full retail. The MiMo…
The city of Temple Terrace embarked on another gut-check last month over its long-stalled dream of redeveloping its city center. The frustration with the failed plans over the years and the fiscal pressure on the city to get something — anything — going certainly is understandable. But the city should step back and take stock…
A plan to make South Florida Avenue through Dixieland and downtown a three-lane “complete street” will head to the City Commission with strong support from the redevelopment agency advisory board. “I’m going to be supportive of it and carry the ball as far as I can,” City Commissioner Jim Malless said Thursday. Malless is the…
Despite the city’s reputation over the years as an anything-goes party place during Spring Break, Bike Week and Speedway races, there is not a single place within city limits to get a tattoo. That could change in a few months. In April city commissioners will decide whether to OK a proposal to allow tattoo parlors…
A Phoenix developer is planting its flag deeper into the Central Florida sand with plans for an estimated $50 million mixed-use high-rise in the downtown Orlando area. Alliance Residential Co. plans to develop Lake House, a 10-story complex on the shores of Lake Ivanhoe with 276 luxury apartment units, 12 live/work units and a 515-space…
A big day for Jacksonville. That comes from the chairman of the Downtown Investment Authority after the board OK’s an $89 million redevelopment plan for four historic vacant buildings in downtown, some of which will involve taxpayer money. Around $10 million in incentives was unanimously approved by DIA with some amendments during today’s meeting, with…
The heart of Jacksonville’s downtown could be getting a hotel, apartment space, retail, offices, dining options and a rooftop bar. Jacksonville’s Downtown Investment Authority recommended Wednesday nearly $10 million in city incentives for the developers of four historic buildings near Hemming Park. Since 2013, there’s been talk of repurposing the empty buildings, but it hasn’t…